1. Go to the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank website (or other appropriate data source). There you will find a database (Downloadable into Excel) that will provide you data for the (nominal) U.S. yield curve. Plot the yield curve for the following dates (see figure 5.4 from the textbook as an example).
   1. First week of October 1980
   2. First week of October 1990
   3. First week of October 2000
   4. First week of October 2010
   5. First week of October 2020

2. Go to the Bank of Canada website (or other appropriate data source). Plot the Canadian (zero-coupon bond) Yield curve for:
   1. First week of October 2010
   2. First week of October 2020
3. What are the next three rate policy dates for the Bank of Canada? Explain what you believe their next policy rate value will be. (This should be really easy to do!)